Stark County Ambulance now paramedic certified

The Stark County Ambulance Service has been upgraded to Critical Care Paramedic, the highest level of care available in the state.

It has taken just 18 months to upgrade the service from the basic level (the lowest license level for transport ambulances) to Critical Care Paramedic.

“I am proud of the advancements we have been able to accomplish to provide this level of care to the communities we serve,” said the director and CEO of Stark County Ambulance, James Roesner.

“This would not have been possible without the support of our current volunteer and full-time staff,” Roesner said. “Their unwavering drive and commitment to providing progressive pre-hospital care has manifested in this accomplishment.”

A Critical Care Paramedic service level enables Stark County Ambulance to perform more life-saving procedures and deliver more medications than before, Roesner said.

“Our staff, made up of men and women from our communities, has taken on the immense task of training and perfecting their skills to provide this unique and critical service,” said Roesner.

“Too often communities opt for basic emergency medical services and rely on others for advanced help,” he said. “Now, we are that help and can facilitate every level of pre-hospital care.”

Already the service was one of the most advanced rural services in the state with the advanced cardiac life support and cutting-edge technology. Now with the Critical Care Paramedic level of care, Stark County Ambulance is “truly in a class of their own.” Roesner said.

Patients at a medical facility can now request Stark County Ambulance for any type of transfer service.